JP2003102371A - Apparatus for producing sausage or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for efficiently producing a sausage or the like, not requiring the change of initial setup such as the change and exchange of a chain for forming a link part even when the length of a filling part is different, and as a result, enabling labors and times for the change of the initial setup to be abridged. SOLUTION: This apparatus for producing the sausage or the like has a pump 1 for pressurizing and sending meat of a raw material, a nozzle 3 for filling the casing C with the meat of the raw material, chuks 5R and 5L for twisting a knotted part 4 of the casing C by rotatably operating the nozzle 3, a partitioning structure 6 for forming the knotted part 4 while regulating the length of the filled part which is filled with the meat of the raw material, and a sending structure 7 for sending and feeding the sausage chain fed from the partitioning structure 6. The partitioning structure 6 includes a pair of nipping bodies 30 arranged so as to face to each other by sandwiching the casing C, and a driving structure for intermittently and rotatably driving both the nipping bodies 30. As a result, the labor for changing the initial setup such as the change or the exchange of the chain can be omitted because the position for forming the knotted part 4 is freely changed by only changing the timing of rotative driving of the nipping bodies 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention fills a casing with raw meat such as fish meat and meat, twists the casing at a predetermined length to form a filling portion having a predetermined length, and produces a chain-shaped sausage or the like. For a device for doing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An apparatus of this type is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-1
It is known in Japanese Patent Publication No. 00 and Japanese Patent No. 2612491. There, a nozzle for filling the casing with the raw meat, a pump for supplying the raw meat to the nozzle, a chuck for twisting the casing filled with the raw meat, and a casing fed from the chuck are sandwiched and cooperate with the chuck. And a link forming device for forming a filling portion having a predetermined length. The link forming device consists of a pair of chain mechanisms that are arranged adjacent to each other in parallel, and around the chain,
Claw pieces (pinchers) that define the length of the filling portion are fixed at regular intervals. The pump is a gear pump.

[0003]

In the above sausage manufacturing apparatus, the length of the filling portion is defined by the distance between adjacent claw pieces provided on the circumferential surface of the chain. Therefore, it is necessary to replace the chain of the link forming device each time the size of the filling portion is different, and it takes a lot of trouble to perform the setup change. It is necessary to prepare several types of chains according to the number of types of products with different lengths of the filling section, and the introduction cost (hundreds of thousands of yen per unit) is high. Since the raw meat is fed under pressure by a gear pump, when filling the coarsely ground meat, the chunk of meat is crushed into small pieces or crushed, and the texture peculiar to the coarsely ground meat is likely to be impaired.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for chain change and exchange setup even when the lengths of the filling parts are different, and therefore the time and labor required for setup exchange can be saved, so that sausage and the like can be saved. An object of the present invention is to provide a sausage manufacturing apparatus capable of efficiently manufacturing foods and easily manufacturing products having different lengths of filling portions. An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus capable of freely setting the length of a filling portion and easily manufacturing sausage in a state in which filling portions having different lengths are mixed as needed. An object of the present invention is to provide a sausage manufacturing apparatus capable of preventing a lump of meat from being crushed into small pieces or crushed by the feeding action of a pump and capable of filling coarsely ground meat in that state.

[0005]

As shown in FIG. 2, a sausage producing apparatus of the present invention comprises a pump 1 for feeding raw meat under pressure, and a feed port of the pump 1 for communicating the raw meat into the casing C. And a chuck 5R, 5L for twisting the knot 4 of the casing C by rotating the nozzle 3
And a feeding mechanism 7 for feeding the chain-shaped sausage fed from the sorting mechanism 6 and a sorting mechanism 6 for defining the length of the filling portion filled with the raw meat. The sorting mechanism 6
A pair of sandwiching bodies 30 arranged to face each other with the casing C in between.
And a drive mechanism for intermittently driving both holding bodies 30 between the holding posture and the open posture. The casing C is sandwiched and closed by the sandwiching body 30 to form the knot 4 in the casing C.

The partitioning mechanism 6 includes a pair of sandwiching bodies 30 arranged to face each other with the casing C in between, and a drive mechanism for intermittently rotating and driving both sandwiching bodies 30. The casing C is sandwiched and closed by both sandwiching bodies 30 to form the knot 4 in the casing C.

On the peripheral surface of each holding body 30, a holding blade piece 32 for holding and closing the casing C in cooperation with each other is provided in a protruding manner.
An escape recess 33 is formed at each of opposite edges of the pair of sandwiching blades 32 to allow the twisting deformation of the knot 4. The pump 1 that feeds the raw meat under pressure can be formed by a vane pump.

A feeding mechanism 7 for feeding a chain of sausages
Can be composed of a pair of winding and feeding bodies 41 arranged opposite to each other with a chain of sausages in between, and a drive mechanism for feeding and driving these winding and feeding bodies 41 in one direction.

[0009]

In the present invention, the knotting portion 4 is formed in the casing C by intermittently driving the partitioning mechanism 6 having the pair of sandwiching bodies 30 to sandwich and close the casing C with both sandwiching bodies 30. I did it. Therefore, it is possible to easily manufacture a sausage having a filling portion of an arbitrary length simply by changing and setting the holding timing of the pair of holding bodies 30 according to the change in the length of the filling portion, which is indispensable in the conventional device. There is no need to carry out setup changes such as changing or exchanging chains, and only the amount of time and effort required for setup changes can be saved.
It can produce sausage etc. efficiently. If necessary, even a sausage having mixed filling parts of different lengths can be easily manufactured.

The partitioning mechanism 6 can be composed of a pair of sandwiching bodies 30 that are reciprocally driven to come into contact with and separate from each other, or a pair of sandwiching bodies 30 that are rotationally driven in opposite directions.
According to the partitioning mechanism 6 in which 0 is driven to rotate intermittently,
By rotating the pair of sandwiching bodies 30 in synchronism with the feeding operation of the filling section by the feeding mechanism 7, the filling section can also be delivered by the pair of sandwiching bodies 30, that is, the chained shape after filling. The sausage can be reliably fed by the cooperation of the holding body 30 and the feeding mechanism 7, and can be fed without applying an excessive external force to the filling portion.

When the sandwiching blade pieces 32 are projected on the peripheral surface of each sandwiching body 30 and the casing C is sandwiched and closed by both sandwiching blade pieces 32,
When the holding body 30 rotates, the filling section can be more reliably fed and operated. Further, when each of the opposing edges of each sandwiching blade piece 32 is formed with an escape recess 33 that allows the knot portion 4 to be twisted and deformed, when the knot portion 4 is twisted by the chucks 5R and 5L, it is sandwiched with the knot portion 4. Since the friction with the blade 32 can be reduced, the twisting operation can be performed smoothly.

When the raw material meat is pressure-fed by the pump 1 composed of the vane pump, it is ensured that the raw material lump is crushed or crushed by the feeding action of the pump 1 as compared with the case of using the gear pump, for example. Because it can be prevented
For example, when the casing C is filled with the coarsely ground meat, the raw material meat is filled in the coarsely ground state as it is, so that the texture peculiar to the coarsely ground meat can be maintained.

According to the feeding mechanism 7 in which the chain-shaped sausages are fed by the pair of the winding and feeding bodies 41, the chain-shaped sausages are sandwiched between the straight circumferential surfaces of the winding and feeding body 41. That is, the sausage can be fed and operated in a state where the contact area between the winding feeder 41 and the chain-shaped sausage is large, and the gripping start portion of the winding feeder 41 is brought close to the sorting mechanism 6 as much as possible, The filling portion in the middle of filling meat can be quickly sandwiched and supplemented. Therefore, as compared with the conventional link forming device, it is possible to reliably prevent abnormal load from concentrating on the knot portion 4 to cause extensional deformation or breakage of the knot portion 4, and the chained sausage after being filled. It is possible to completely eliminate the occurrence of defects while sending the product to the next process.

[0014]

1 to 7 show an embodiment of a sausage producing apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, a sausage manufacturing apparatus includes a pump 1 for feeding raw meat under pressure, and a pump 1.
A nozzle 3 that is communicated with the feed port 2 of the casing 3 and fills the raw material meat into the casing C, and the casing 3 by rotating the nozzle 3.
Chucks 5R and 5L that form the knot 4 on the bottom, a sorting mechanism 6 that defines the length of the filling portion filled with the raw material meat, and a feeding mechanism that feeds the chain-shaped sausage fed from the sorting mechanism 6. 7 and. Each of these members 1 to 7 is assembled to a base 11 that is erected on a frame 10.

The pump 1 is composed of a vane pump, and its drive shaft 12 is rotatably supported by a bearing unit 13 fixed to a base 11. The drive shaft 12 is rotationally driven in one direction by a winding mechanism 15 using a timing belt as a transmission medium, using a motor 14 fixed to the gantry 10 as a drive source. Reference numeral 16 is an inlet of the pump 1, which is connected to a raw material meat hopper (not shown). Feeding port 2
A relay block 17 is attached to the nozzle 3, and raw meat is supplied into the nozzle 3 via the relay block 17. The relay block 17 is pressed and fixed to the pump 1 with a bolt screwed into a bracket fixed to the base 11. By feeding the raw meat with the vane pump in this way, when the raw meat is used as the raw material, it is possible to feed the raw meat in the rough-ground state by preventing the meat chunk from being crushed or crushed. Does not spoil the texture.

The nozzle 3 is composed of a metal rod-shaped body that is long in the left and right, and a feed passage is formed from an opening 18 in the middle thereof to a shaft end having a small diameter. As shown in FIG. 5, a connecting portion 19 is provided at the end of the large-diameter shaft portion.
By engaging and connecting the slider 21 of the rodless cylinder 20 with each other, the entire nozzle 3 can be slid back and forth in the axial direction. To load. The opening 18 communicates with the feed port 2 of the pump 1 via the relay block 17 described above. Both ends of the nozzle 3 are supported by a pair of left and right chucks 5R and 5L.

4 and 5, the right chuck 5R comprises a bearing block 23 fixed to the base 11 and a pulley 24 housed in the bearing block 23 and rotatably supported by bearings. The one end of the nozzle 3 is supported by 24, and the rotational power of the pulley 24 is transmitted to the nozzle 3 to rotationally drive the nozzle 3 and the casing C. For that purpose, the pins 25 are fixed to the nozzles 3, and grooves 26 that engage with the pins 25 are radially provided on the side end surface of the pulley 24 (see FIG. 6). The left chuck 5L is composed of the bearing block 23 and the pulley 24 similarly to the previous chuck 5R. However, as shown in FIG. 1, a packing 27 for giving passage resistance to the casing C is provided inside the pulley 24. Set screw 40 placed and screwed into pulley 24
The difference is that the packing 27 is fixedly held. The casing C passes through between the packing 27 and the peripheral surface of the nozzle 3, and reaches the outlet of the nozzle 3. As shown in FIG. 4, in order to drive these pulleys 24 and 24 simultaneously, a motor 28 is provided inside the base 11, and the power thereof is transmitted to the power branch shaft 29A by the first winding mechanism 29, so that the power branch Axis 29
A second winding mechanism 31 is provided between both ends of A and the pulleys 24, 24. Each of the winding mechanisms 29 and 31 is configured by using a timing belt as a transmission medium.

1 and 7, the sorting mechanism 6 is
It is composed of a pair of upper and lower sandwiching bodies 30 and 30, and a drive mechanism for intermittently driving both sandwiching bodies 30 and 30. Each of the sandwiching bodies 30 has a rotatable boss, and sandwiching wing pieces 32 for projecting and operating the casing C in cooperation with each other are projectingly provided on the peripheral surface thereof.
At the front-rear center of the protruding edge of the sandwiching blade piece 32, a relief recess 33 is formed which is notched so as to prevent abutting interference with the outlet end of the nozzle 3 and allow twist deformation of the knot 4. The drive mechanism is
The winding mechanism 3 provided between the motor 34 and the first shaft 35.
6 and a pair of gears 38 and 39 provided between the first shaft 35 and the second shaft 37, and the sandwiching bodies 30 and 30 fixed to the projecting ends of the first shaft 35 and the second shaft 37 are reversed. It is driven to rotate in the direction and intermittently. As shown in FIG. 1, the pair of sandwiching blades 32 sandwiches and closes the casing C in a state where they are adjacent to each other on the left and right to form the knot portion 4 in the casing C, thereby defining the length of the filling portion. The above-mentioned winding mechanism 36 is also constructed by using a timing belt as a transmission medium.

In FIGS. 1 and 8, the feeding mechanism 7 includes a pair of upper and lower winding and feeding bodies 41 and 41 for sandwiching the filling portion of the casing C in the up and down direction and feeding it in the direction of arrow A, and both winding and feeding means. It is composed of a feed drive mechanism for intermittently rotating the bodies 41. Each of the winding and feeding bodies 41, 41 includes a pair of left and right timing pulleys 43, 44, a timing belt (feeding belt) 52 wound around the both pulleys 43, 44, and the like. The timing pulleys 44, 44 that are vertically adjacent on the lower side in the feeding direction are fixed to the first shaft 45 and the second shaft 46 that are rotatably supported, and the other timing pulleys 43, 43 are Each is rotatably supported by a support shaft 47 fixed to the base 11. The drive mechanism includes a winding mechanism 49 provided between the output shaft of the motor 48 and the first shaft 45, and a pair of gears 50 and 51 provided between the first shaft 45 and the second shaft 46. . The winding mechanism 49 is also constructed by using a timing belt as a transmission medium.

Next, the operation of each device will be described. The filling of the raw material meat into the casing C is performed by the pump 1 and the nozzle 3, the feeding operation of the filling portion by the feeding mechanism 7 performed in parallel with the filling operation, the sorting operation of the filling portion by the sorting mechanism 6, and The twisting of the knotted portion 4 by the chucks 5R and 5L is set as one cycle, and these are repeated to continuously produce sausage. In the state in which one cycle is completed, as shown in FIG. 1, the knot portion 4 is sandwiched between the pair of sandwiching blade pieces 32. In this state, the feed mechanism 7 is operated, and at the same time, as shown in FIG. 9, while sandwiching member 30 is rotated in synchronization with the feed mechanism 7, the raw material meat is extruded from the nozzle 3 and filled in the casing C. At this time, the length of the filling portion needs to be changed depending on the amount of the raw meat to be filled, but the holding body 30 of the sorting mechanism 6 is rotationally driven in response to the filling of the specified amount of raw meat. By sandwiching the end of the filling portion by the pair of sandwiching blades 32 and dividing the same, the filling portion having a predetermined length can be divided by the knot portion 4. In this state, the left and right chucks 5R and 5L are simultaneously driven to rotate in the same direction, so that the divided knot portions 4 are twisted. At this time, since the filling portion on the delivery side is supplementarily fixed by the feeding mechanism 7, it does not rotate when the knot portion 4 is twisted.

As described above, when the pair of sandwiching bodies 30 provided with the sandwiching blades 32 are intermittently driven to divide the filling portion, the length of the filling portion can be controlled only by controlling the rotation timing. You can change freely. Therefore, it is possible to omit the work of changing and exchanging the chain according to the difference in the length of the filling part, which is indispensable in the conventional device of this type, and to save the time and labor for setup change, sausage etc. Can be manufactured well. Further, since it is not necessary to prepare many types of chains according to the number of types of products, it is also advantageous in that the facility cost can be reduced accordingly. If necessary, even a sausage having mixed filling parts of different lengths can be easily manufactured.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the holding body 30.
There, a pair of front and rear sandwiching bodies 3 sandwiching the casing C therebetween.
By simultaneously reciprocating 0 and 30 by a driving mechanism to bring them into contact with and separate from each other, the end of the filling portion is divided to form the knot portion 4. As the drive mechanism, an actuator such as an air cylinder or a rodless cylinder can be used, or a mechanism for converting rotational power into reciprocating motion can be driven by a motor to drive the holding bodies 30 and 30 in contact with or separate from each other. In this way, the pair of sandwiching bodies 30.3
0 can take the form of reciprocating drive.

The sandwiching blade pieces 32 do not necessarily have to be plate-shaped, and can have an outer shape along the outline of adjacent filling portions as shown in FIG. In that case, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the sandwiching blade pieces 32 are detachably connected to the sandwiching body 30 and various sandwiching blade pieces 32 are exchangeably mounted on the sandwiching body 30.

In addition to the above-described embodiment, the winding and feeding body 41 of the feeding mechanism 7 may be a chain or a flat belt other than the timing belt. If necessary, the feed mechanism 7 can be configured by arranging a plurality of roller groups adjacent to each other. If an automatic rod hanging mechanism is provided continuously at the end of the feeding of the feeding mechanism 7, a series of operations from filling sausage to hanging the rod can be performed automatically. As the pump 1, a two-lobed pump other than the vane pump can be applied, and the raw material meat can be fed by a gear pump if necessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a partitioning mechanism and its peripheral structure.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the sausage manufacturing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a sausage manufacturing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view of a chuck mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view of the chuck.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 2 and a perspective view of the holding body.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the clamp body in a rotated state.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing another embodiment of the holding body.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 pump 3 nozzles 4 nodules 6 division mechanism 7 Feed mechanism 30 clamps 32 sandwiching wings 33 Escape recess C casing

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A pump 1 for feeding raw meat under pressure, a nozzle 3 communicating with a feed port of the pump 1 for filling raw material meat into a casing C, and a knot of the casing C by rotating the nozzle 3. The chucks 5R and 5L for twisting the portion 4, the sorting mechanism 6 for defining the length of the filling portion filled with the raw material meat, and the feeding mechanism 7 for feeding the chain-shaped sausage fed from the sorting mechanism 6 are provided. The partitioning mechanism 6 includes a pair of sandwiching bodies 30 that are opposed to each other with the casing C in between, and a drive mechanism 31 that intermittently drives both sandwiching bodies 30 between the sandwiching posture and the open posture. 2. A manufacturing apparatus for sausage or the like, characterized in that the casing C is sandwiched and closed by the above, and the knot portion 4 is formed in the casing C. 2. The partitioning mechanism 6 includes a pair of sandwiching bodies 30 arranged to face each other with the casing C in between, and a drive mechanism for intermittently rotating both sandwiching bodies 30 to drive the casing C with both sandwiching bodies 30. 2. The apparatus for manufacturing sausage or the like according to claim 1, wherein the knot is sandwiched and closed to form the knot portion 4 in the casing C. 3. A sandwiching blade piece 32 is provided on the peripheral surface of each sandwiching body 30 so as to sandwich and close the casing C in cooperation with each other, and a knotted portion is provided at each of opposite edges of the pair of sandwiching blade pieces 32. The sausage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an escape recess 33 is formed to allow the torsional deformation of No. 4. 4. The apparatus for producing sausage or the like according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the pump 1 for feeding the raw meat under pressure is a vane pump. 5. A feed mechanism 7 for feeding a chain of sausages comprises a pair of winding and feeding bodies 41 arranged opposite to each other with the chain of sausage in between, and one of these winding and feeding bodies 41. 5. The apparatus for manufacturing sausage or the like according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, which is configured by a driving mechanism that feeds and drives in a direction.